Personal Finance for PhDs

Even in NYC, This Graduate Student Maintains a Super Frugal Lifestyle

Released: Sep 24, 2018

In this episode, Emily interviews Athena Pierquet, a rising second-year graduate student at New York University in English. In her first year as a PhD student, Athena lived on her $28,000 per year fellowship and save all of her smaller income sources, but her finances are facing a new challenge as she transitions out of subsidized university housing. Despite living in Manhattan, Athena maintains a very frugal lifestyle, minimizing her spending on groceries, transportation, entertainment, and recreation.

Even in NYC, This Graduate Student Maintains a Super Frugal Lifestyle: Budget Breakdown with Athena Pierquet